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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Palestinian Territories	Yemen	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	2,996	16,728	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	3,075	17,236	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	3,155	17,762	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	3,235	18,310	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	3,315	18,855	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	3,396	19,410	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	3,478	20,000	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	3,559	20,611	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	3,642	21,236	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	3,727	21,878	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	3,817	22,533	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	3,907	23,195	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	3,997	23,880	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	4,088	24,594	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	4,178	25,311	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	4,269	26,020	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	4,359	26,698	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	4,451	27,347	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	4,533	27,985	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	4,615	28,608	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	4,715	29,216	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	4,820	29,811	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	4,930	30,399	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	5,042	31,058	108,171

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

No separate list is published for Palestinian Territories, Yemen, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.